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Definition of Dim-witted
1. Adjective. Lacking mental capacity and subtlety.
Definition of Dim-witted
1. Adjective. Being a dimwit; stupid; foolish; simple. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dim-witted
Literary usage of Dim-witted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chaparral Serendipity: Things From Under The Bushes by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"... the truth about the live POWs (left behind) who are the ones that deserve
recognition, I don't want to have anything to do with any dim-witted lists. ..."
2. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"He is obliged to leave Charlotte, his young and pretty wife, alone on their lonely
Maine farm, with a dim-witted cousin, Lulu Pung, and an eccentric ..."
3. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"... and the latter, who is portrayed as rather dim-witted, agrees to a council
which should be held in Constantinople within the next two years. ..."
4. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"... to provide mankind with a contrasting background that makes the Good shine
more brightly and thus more easily perceptible to the dim-witted mortals. ..."
5. Canadian French for Better Travel by Pierre Corbeil, Cindy Garayt (2004)
"Comment peut-on être aussi stupide/simple d'esprit! How can anyone be so
stupid/dim-witted/such a "twit"? ..."
6. New Jersey Handbook by Russell Roberts (2004)
"Whereas once people who lived in the Pinelands were considered no better than
dim-witted hillbillies, today they're proudly called ..."
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